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TAVERNIER, JOHN BAPTISTA; ROBERT KNOX. [Tavernier a

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TAVERNIER, JOHN BAPTISTA; ROBERT KNOX
A Collection of Several Relations and Treatises Singular and Curious of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne: Not Printed Among His First Six Voyages, Divided Into Five Parts. . . London: Edmund Everard, printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, 1680. [20], 87, [10 index pp.], 66pp., 6 folded leaves of plates: ill., map.
[Bound with:]
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, In the East-Indies: Together, With an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers Other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape. By Robert Knox, a captive there near twenty years. London: Printed by Richard Chiswell, printer to the Royal Society, 1681. [26], 189, [2], 15 leaves of plates: ill., map.

4to, quarter calf over marbled boards, red leather pastedown spine label. Spine labeled "Tavernier and Knox Travels." Small tears to some pages; age darkening throughout; wear to boards; hinges reinforced; edges bumped; otherwise fine.

Property from the Collection of Louise Deshler Cox, Chicago, Illinois
Thence by descent through the family.

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